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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2003-01-08

Beloved Dearly (Reprint)

Beloved Dearly (Reprint)

Aladdin Fiction

Doug Cooney, Author

Tony Diterlizzi, Illustrator

Paperback

SKU:9780689863547

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Ambitious young entrepreneur Ernie runs a pet funeral business that explodes when he hires tomboy Swimming Pool, who's a great crier. Illustrations.
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Keywords and Themes: Animals Bereavement Death Family Grief Humorous Stories JUV002190 JUV013060 JUV019000 JUV039030 Juvenile Fiction Parents Pets Social Themes

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 183

Subjects • Business enterprises • Funeral rites and ceremonies • Pets • Fathers and sons

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pets • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents • Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Death, Grief, Bereavement

Ernie is a twelve-year-old tycoon, always on the lookout for a fast buck. This time he stumbles onto a money-making bonanza: pet funerals. He hires Dusty to decorate the burial boxes and Tony to dig the holes, but his prize find is Swimming Pool, a tomboy who can cry on cue.
Business goes through the roof -- until Ernie loses Swimming Pool over a raise and the whole venture unravels. Here is a rollicking, fun-spirited novel about friendship, loss, business -- and how we learn to express our feelings.
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